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Letter to MEPs in view of Plenary vote on the Stubb draft report
Help secure real transparency on EU lobbying

Hello,

(Your Name) is sending you this message to propose you to participate in a cyber letter writing campain organised by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU (ALTER-EU).

Did you know that an estimated 15-20,000 lobbyists, mainly representing corporate interests, roam Brussels’ corridors of power totally unregulated? But the lobbying business operates in the dark, with the exact number of lobbyists, their names, interests and levels of funding all kept secret.

Following years of pressure, the European Commission has finally put forward proposals for a system of regulation and plan to launch a new register on 23 June. But they want a voluntary system which will do little to remove the current secrecy around EU lobbying.

Lobby companies won't have to list the names of individual lobbyists, or provide any meaningful financial data about their lobbing activities, so lobbyists who want to keep their business secret can continue to do so.

ALTER-EU is calling on the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso to toughen up the lobbyists register. Please give us your support by letting him know you support our calls for greater transparency.

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